World Theatre Education Alliance 2017 International Theatre Festival closed successfully

On the evening of October 25th, 2017, the closing ceremony of World Theatre Education Alliance 2017 International Theatre Festival was held at the Proscenium Stage Theatre in Changping Campus of the Central Academy of Drama, China. The Judging Panel, teachers and students from the member schools joined the closing ceremony presided by Associate Professor Li Hong, deputy director of the Acting Department from the Central Academy of Drama, China.

A total of nine theatre workshops were held and nine "King Lear" plays were presented in WTEA 2017 International Theatre Festival. In the workshops, teachers and students actively communicated and interacted with each other. Theatre educations from different cultures and regions have been thoroughly integrated and enhanced. During the performances, teachers and students actively explored the theatrical forms and thoughts with unique theatre vocabulary and theatre culture of various nationalities.

At the awarding ceremony, the solo song -"I Will Prevail" by the students of Musical Theatre Department created a lively atmosphere and a sense of competition tension. The modern dance "Backlight", which was splendidly interpreted by students of the Dance Theatre Department, encouraged the students to look for theatre dream in their hearts and stick to it all the way. Finally, the chorus song "I Have a Dream" by the teachers and students of Western Opera Department, spurred generations of theatre people to pursue their dreams and never stop.

Best Acting Award, Outstanding Acting Award and Best Stage Performance Award were set in the Festival. Professor Hao Rong, Secretary-General of World Theatre Education Alliance and vice president of the Central Academy of Drama, China, read the winners list. The Judges of the Festival awarded the prize to winners. The ceremony came to an end in a warm atmosphere of exchanges between teachers and students from various countries.

Winner of World Theatre Education Alliance 2017 International Theatre Festival

Outstanding Acting Award (in order of performance):

Ke Yu from the Central Academy of Drama, China plays the role of Regan in King Lear

Henning Flüsloh from Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, Germany plays the role of Fool in King Lear

Kotaro Ishikawa from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Japan plays the role of Edmund in King Lear: Doppelgängers in Contemporary Society

Jeon Jae-Hyeong from Chung-Ang University, Korea plays the role of Performer 3 in L(R)EAR, Based on “Tolstoy on Shakespeare”

Agata Różycka from The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland plays the role of Regan in Lear’s Daughters

Kristina Baranovska from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Russia plays the role of Regan in King Lear

Ihor Kachur from Kiev National I.K.Karpenko – Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Ukraine plays the role of Joker in King Lear

Jonathan Lavelle from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK plays the role of Lear and Kent in King Lear

Timur Galeev from Russian Institute of Theatre Art- GITIS, Russia plays the role of Lear in King Lear

Best Acting Award (in order of performance):

Yikesang Tayier from the Central Academy of Drama, China plays the role of Lear in King Lear

Lara Feith from Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, Germany plays the role of Cordelia in King Lear

Kouta Endo from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Japan plays the role of King Lear in King Lear: Doppelgängers in Contemporary Society

Kwon, Sam-Joong from Chung-Ang University, Korea plyas the role of Performer1 in L(R)EAR, Based on “Tolstoy on Shakespeare”

Martyna Byczkowska from The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland plays the role of Cordelia in in Lear’s Daughters

llya Sokolov from from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Russia plays the role of Earl of Gloucester , Duke of Albany, and Fool in King Lear

Volodymyr Zakharchenko from Kiev National I.K.Karpenko – Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Ukraine plays the role of Mykola in King Lear

Joe Bolland from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK plays the role of Gloucester and King Lear in King Lear

Rodion Baryshev from Russian Institute of Theatre Art- GITIS, Russia plays the role of Fool in King Lear

Best Stage Performance Award

King Lear: Doppelgängers in Contemporary Society from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Japan

King Lear from the Central Academy of Drama, China